Did you hear the one about the sixth-year senior football
player? LSU offensive tackle Josh Dworaczyk has and he's here to tell you
there's been a lot more than one, especially lately.

Dworaczyk is a the Tigers' most recent sixth-year senior and
will be playing his final game as a Tiger Dec. 31 when LSU meets Clemson in the
Chick-fil-A Bowl in the Georgia Dome.

Josh Dworaczyk (right) gets ribbed about his extra long career at LSU.

That status has made him the target of nearly every 'old man' joke ever told. The leading
comedian has been none other than Coach Les Miles, who last week teased that
Dworaczyk had been at LSU longer than Miles himself.

Josh Dworaczyk has been here six years, or 10, or a number of years," Miles said Friday. "I think he's been here longer than I have."

Said Dworaczyk, who is from New Iberia: "He HAS been here longer than me, but officially he has two
years on me," said Dworaczyk, a senior - for the second time - from New Iberia.

"Coach Miles obviously does it in front of the media or a
thousand people. He's got some good ones on me. The 'second Genesis' one was
pretty funny.

"I get a kick out of that. I think it's funny. I hear it a
lot."

One reporter asked if Dworaczyk if anyone had asked him
about the 1968 Peach Bowl. He said no but he is one of a handful of current Tigers
who played in the 2008 Chick-fil-A Bowl, which is the Peach Bowl renamed. He's
also the only holdover from the 2007 BCS title team, his redshirt freshman
season.

Dworaczyk earned his status after tearing an ACL during camp
last season and missing the Tigers run to the national championship game as a
player. Dworaczyk played the role of assistant coach, wearing a headset and relaying
information from offensive line coach Greg Studrawa to the linemen on the
field.

After the season, he petitioned the NCAA for a sixth year of
eligibility and joined defensive linemen Kirston Pittman and Charles Alexander
who also were granted extra time.

Said he gets a lot of grief about being a professional host
for incoming recruits.

"I'm still doing this, a 23-year-old showing a bunch of 17
and 18-year olds around town," he said. "I'm the best at it is what Coach Miles
always says."

The Tigers were lucky to have him around when the offensive
line suddenly was slammed by attrition. Left tackle Chris Faulk was lost for
the season in the second week, right tackle Alex Hurst left the team for
personal reasons and guard Josh Williford missed the last half of the year with
a concussion.

Dworaczyk stepped in and played the last half of the season
at the most important spot, left tackle, after being a guard most of his
career.

He will likey get some interest in the NFL but said he
wouldn't necessarily turn down a seventh season if he could get one.

"Definitely, if I had the opportunity," said Dworaczyk, who
received his second undergraduate degree Friday at commencement. "It's nice to
go to the NFL and be able to have a long
career, but so many guys come back and talk about the things that happen at this school the camaraderie and all
the things you have here that you don't have at the next level.

"Yeah, you get paid lots of money and it's a good job. At
the same time I love football enough to do it for free here at LSU and enjoy
it. It's along the lines of the championships we're trying to play for and the
competition. Being a competitive person, you always have that. I don't know what
my mindset is going to be at the end of this next game. We'll see."